Ahmad Khani

For the village in Iran, see Ahmad Khani, Iran.

Ahmad Khani
A bust of Ahmad Khani in Iraqi Kurdistan
Born	1650 Hakkari, Hakkâri Province
Died	1707 (Dogubeyazit), Ağrı
Occupation	Writer, poet, astronomer, philosopher
Nationality	Kurdish
Period	17th century
Literary movement	Renaissance

Ahmad Khani, Ahmad-i Khani (Kurdish: Ehmedê Xanî‎, 1650–1707) was a Kurdish writer, poet, astronomer and philosopher. He was born amongst the Khani's tribe in Hakkari province in present-day Turkey. He moved to Bayezid in Ritkan province and settled there. Later he started with teaching Kurdish (Kurmanji) at basic level. Khani was fluent in Kurdish, Arabic and Persian. He wrote his Arabic-Kurdish dictionary "Nûbihara Biçûkan" (The Spring of Children) in 1683 to help children with their learning process.

His most important work is the Kurdish classic love story "Mem and Zin" (Mem û Zîn) (1692).

His other work include a book called Eqîdeya Îmanê (The Path of Faith), which is part poem and part prose. The book explains the five pillars of Islamic faith. It was published in 2000 in Sweden.

Works

Books

1. Mem û Zîn (Mem and Zin), see [1] for its French translation, see [2] for its English translation,

• Eqîdeya Îmanê (The Path of Faith)
• Eqîdeya Îslamê (asics of Islam)
• Nûbihara Biçûkan (The Spring of Children)
• Erdê Xweda
• Dîwana Helbestan

See also

• Kurdish literature
• List of Kurdish Writers
• Kurdish language
• Kurmanji

External links

• Ahmad Khani, Kurdish Academy of Language KAL
• Our Trouble by Ehmedê Xanî, Noahs Ark Holidays
• Ahmad Khani, Encyclopædia Iranica